Photo ABCs

Merry Christmas

I hope Santa and Rudolph found your house.

From a stormy night last year (with a Lensbaby):

San Jose Museum of Art

Welcome diglloyd readers!

Yesterday my friend Lloyd Chambers posted an article I wrote about a recent visit to the San Jose Museum of Art. 

If you are in San Jose during the next six months, you must visit the Museum of Art and view their photography exhibit, The Modern Photographer, Observation and Intention.

It's an incredible selection from their permanent collection of works mostly from the first half of the 20th century, showcasing works of Steichen, Ruth Bernhard, Weegee, André Kertesz, and many others. It shows through July 3, 2011.

Read my article here. You may have to scroll down a bit to the entry for December 14.

Lloyd is also the one to consult for any questions you may have regarding setting up your Mac or MacBook Pro for optimal performance.

Edward Steichen, Flatiron Building, 1905. Now on display at the San Jose Museum of Art.

Another iphone candid

On the way to the San Jose airport in a taxi.

Legs

Could the iphone be an ideal street photography camera? Few people take any notice of someone looking into their phone nowadays, in fact, in some age groups, most are looking into their phones more than at the world!

The photos are sometimes grainy, but that's not a bad look for a candid street photo.

Here's a shot I took recently at the San Jose Museum of Art with my iphone.

Feral Cat Dangers

Feral cats in the evening light can make intriguing photographic subjects (see my previous 15 or so posts). As a cat lover, their beauty attracts me. As a bird photographer, however, I am aware of the dangers feral cat populations present to birds, as well as their potential for disease transmission.

While many organizations around the country, including San Diego's Feral Cat Coalition, advocate trapping, neutering, and releasing feral cats (TNR), it must be said that most bird organizations do not see TNR as an adequate solution.

Here is a video by the American Bird Conservancy critical of feral cats and TNR.

And here is a recent article in Audubon Magazine which is very critical of TNR.

I doubt that feral cat colonies will disappear any time soon. They've been around for centuries. (Mark Twain wrote about feral cats in Hawaii in 1866!).

The homeless cats and the birds they prey on are both innocent victims here.

Regardless of one's viewpoint, everyone can agree that the practice of dumping unwanted and un-neutered cats into these colonies must stop.

Feral Cat Silhouette

Feral Cat Silhouette

Feral Cat

Feral Cat

Backlit by the setting sun.

Feral Cat